Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'been' occurs 1207 times in the standard works.

552 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'been' in the standard works and contain 45.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 214 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 9:11-30 (20 in 20 verses)

Alma 12:13-26 (14 in 14 verses)

Alma 26:22-29 (9 in 8 verses)

Alma 16:1-9 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Ne. 22:4-7 (7 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 2:31-36 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 25:9-11 (6 in 3 verses)

Alma 53:10-12 (6 in 3 verses)

Alma 60:12-16 (6 in 5 verses)

W of M 1:15-16 (5 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 23:12-13 (5 in 2 verses)

W of M 1:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 21:23-26 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 2:38-3:3 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 6:7-7:2 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 33:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 50:21-25 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 60:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 1:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 8:24-25 (4 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:53-54 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezra 4:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 1:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 3:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:54-56 (4 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:73-75 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 6:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 26:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 1:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 5:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 26:33-36 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 40:24-41:1 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 1:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 3:25-4:2 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 7:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 10:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 37:26 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 6:6 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 30:2 (3 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:1 (3 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:28 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezra 9:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 26:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 48:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 6:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 26:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 40:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 48:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 27:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Ether 15:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 54:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 76:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:47-48 (3 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 11:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 10:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 1:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 14:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 52:40-53:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 62:35-37 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 4:33-5:2 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 8:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 26:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 9:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 3:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 72:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 123:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 123:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:64-66 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 14:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 3:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 3:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 26:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 5:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 9:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 8:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 14:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:24 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 5:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 11:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 9:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 13:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 26:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 49:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 50:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 51:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 58:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 10:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 11:28 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 5:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 14:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 104:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 128:18 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:47 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 124:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 1:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 17:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 18:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 1:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 21:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 25:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 28:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 35:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 36:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 49:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 63:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 5:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 6:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 137:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 219 0 219
NT 112 0 112
BM 724 0 724
1 Ne. 57 0 57
2 Ne. 53 0 53
Jacob 20 0 20
Enos 1 0 1
Omni 1 0 1
W of M 11 0 11
Mosiah 91 0 91
Alma 286 0 286
Hel. 45 0 45
3 Ne. 92 0 92
4 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 26 0 26
Ether 31 0 31
Moro. 5 0 5
DC 126 0 126
PGP 26 0 26
TOTAL 1207 0 1207

4 Ne. 1:7
And the Lord did prosper them exceedingly in the land; yea, insomuch that they did build cities again where there had been cities burned.

4 Ne. 1:9
But there were many cities which had been sunk, and waters came up in the stead thereof; therefore these cities could not be renewed.

4 Ne. 1:16
And there were no envyings, nor strifes, nor tumults, nor whoredoms, nor lyings, nor murders, nor any manner of lasciviousness; and surely there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God.

4 Ne. 1:27
And it came to pass that when two hundred and ten years had passed away there were many churches in the land; yea, there were many churches which professed to know the Christ, and yet they did deny the more parts of his gospel, insomuch that they did receive all manner of wickedness, and did administer that which was sacred unto him to whom it had been forbidden because of unworthiness.

4 Ne. 1:48
And it came to pass that when three hundred and twenty years had passed away, Ammaron, being constrained by the Holy Ghost, did hide up the records which were sacred-- yea, even all the sacred records which had been handed down from generation to generation, which were sacred-- even until the three hundred and twentieth year from the coming of Christ.